HF 4023

as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/28/2018 01:48pm

A bill for an act
relating to the State Fire Code; requiring inspections by the state fire marshal of
places of public accommodation; creating a dedicated account in the special revenue
fund; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 299F.391,
subdivisions 1, 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter
299F.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 299F.391, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Definitions.

For purposes of this section new text begin , new text end the following definitions deleted text begin shall deleted text end
apply:

(a) "Lodging house" means any building or portion thereof containing not more than
five guest rooms which are used or intended to be used for sleeping purposes by guests and
where rent is paid in money, goods, labor or otherwise.

(b) "Hospital" has the meaning given it in section 144.50.

(c) "Hotel" means any building or portion thereof containing six or more guest rooms
intended or designed to be used, or which are used, rented, hired out to be occupied, or
which are occupied for sleeping purposes by guests, and which is required to be licensed
pursuant to chapter 157.

(d) "Nursing home" has the meaning given it in section 144A.01.

new text begin (e) "Place of public accommodation" means any publicly or privately owned facility
that is:
new text end

new text begin (1) designed for occupancy by 200 or more people;
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new text begin (2) serves alcohol; and
new text end

new text begin (3) is not a lodging house, hospital, hotel, nursing home, school, place of worship, or
property owned or operated by a congressionally chartered veterans service organization.
new text end

deleted text begin (e) deleted text end new text begin (f) new text end "School" means any public or private school or educational institution.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 299F.391, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Requirements.

All hospitals, nursing homes, schools, lodging houses deleted text begin and deleted text end new text begin , new text end
hotels new text begin , and places of public accommodation new text end shall be operated and maintained in compliance
with the State Fire Code as promulgated pursuant to section 326B.02, subdivision 6.

Sec. 3.

new text begin [299F.48] INSPECTIONS OF PLACES OF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Definition. new text end

new text begin For the purposes of this section, "place of public
accommodation" has the meaning given in section 299F.391, subdivision 1.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Inspections; fees. new text end

new text begin The state fire marshal shall develop a plan to inspect every
place of public accommodation once every three years. The state fire marshal shall charge
the owner of each place of public accommodation a triennial inspection fee of $0.014 per
square foot for each building inspected. This fee includes two follow-up inspections or
on-site consultations. For each additional follow-up inspection conducted in the same
three-year cycle that is necessary to bring the place of public accommodation into compliance
with the State Fire Code, the state fire marshal shall charge the owner a fee of $0.005 per
square foot for each building inspected.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Special account; appropriation. new text end

new text begin Money received by the State Fire Marshal
Division for this program must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to a state fire
marshal places of public accommodation inspection dedicated account in the special revenue
fund. All money in the state fire marshal places of public accommodation inspection
dedicated account is annually appropriated to the commissioner of public safety to operate
and administer this program.
new text end